| 词条 | One Two Three... Infinity |
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| name = One Two Three... Infinity | image = File:One Two Three... Infinity (cover).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = First edition | author = George Gamow | illustrator = George Gamow | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | genre = | subject = Science, mathematics | published = 1947 (Viking Press) | pages = 340 pp. | media_type = Print | awards = | isbn = 978-0486256641 | dewey = | congress = Q162.G23 }} One Two Three... Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science is a popular science book by theoretical physicist George Gamow, first published in 1947, exploring some fundamental concepts in mathematics and science, but written at a level understandable by middle school students up through "intelligent layman" adults.[1] The book is illustrated by Gamow. OverviewBeginning with an exploration of elementary numbers, the book opens with a description of the "Hottentots" (Khoikhoi), said to have words only for "one", "two", "three", and "many", and builds quickly to explore Georg Cantor's theory of three levels of infinity—hence the title of the book. It then describes a simple automatic printing press that can in principle (given enough paper, ink, and time) print all the English works that have ever been, or ever will be, printed (a more-systematic version of the infinite monkey theorem). The author notes that if all the atoms in the Universe, as known in Gamow's time, were such printing presses working in parallel "at the speed of atomic vibrations" since the beginning of known time, only an infinitesimal fraction of the job could have yet been completed.[1] Gamow explores number theory, topology, spacetime, relativity, atomic chemistry, nuclear physics, entropy, genetics, and cosmology. ReceptionScience writer Willy Ley praised Gamow's book, describing it as an "admittedly rare ... book which entertains by way of instruction."[2] Kirkus Reviews declared it "a stimulating and provocative book for the science-minded layman".[3] Theoretical physicist Sean M. Carroll credited One Two Three... Infinity with setting the trajectory of his professional life.[4] Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker read the book as a child, and has cited it as contributing to his interest in popular science writing.[5] Astrophysicist and science popularizer Neil deGrasse Tyson identified One Two Three... Infinity as one of two books which had the greatest impact on him, the other being Edward Kasner and James Newman's Mathematics and the Imagination.[6] References1. ^1 One, Two, Three...Infinity (1947, revised 1961), Viking Press (copyright renewed by Barbara Gamow, 1974), reprinted by Dover Publications, {{ISBN|978-0-486-25664-1}}, illustrated by the author; eBook edition, Dover, 2012 {{ISBN|9781306350099}}; other editions and translations {{Authority control}}2. ^Willy Ley, "Book Review," Astounding Science Fiction, June 1948, pp.158-61. 3. ^{{cite web|title=One Two Three...Infinity by George Gamow|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/george-gamow-2/one-two-threeinfinity/|publisher=Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=6 January 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|last1=Carroll|first1=Sean M.|authorlink1=Sean M. Carroll|title=Life-changing books: One, Two, Three... Infinity|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13705-lifechanging-books-one-two-three-infinity.html#.VKwpFzHF98E|publisher=New Scientist|accessdate=6 January 2015|date=April 16, 2008}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Up Front|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/books/review/Upfront-t-1.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0|accessdate=6 January 2015|work=The New York Times|date=May 27, 2007}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Neil deGrasse Tyson: By the Book|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/books/review/neil-degrasse-tyson-by-the-book.html?pagewanted=all|accessdate=6 January 2015|work=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2013}} 3 : 1947 books|Science education|Popular science books |
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